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...House in the custody of the sergeant-at-arms and be there publicly censured by the Speaker in the name of the House."* In addition, Powell would lose his 22 years of seniority, dropping from 31st in standing to 434th among 435 members (one other seat is presently vacant). He would thus have to exchange his large, plush office for one of freshman dimensions and even forfeit his choice parking space in the congressional garage. He would also be required to sever from the office payroll his $19,300-a-year secretary-companion, Corinne Huff...
Olin Mathieson and Pepsico blamed their departures primarily on an inability to find enough midtown space for their staffs. Vacant office space is so scarce in Manhattan today that other companies have grabbed eagerly at the forsaken quarters. Most of the demand comes from expanding businesses already on the scene, notably the headquarters of 26% of the nation's 500 largest corporations. In fact, Mayor Lindsay insisted that the city, with some 8,000,000 sq. ft. of office space due to be completed this year, is still amidst "a boom in corporate growth...
...with one of the more ambitious beautification schemes since Kubla Khan landscaped Xanadu. Conceived by Landscape Architect Lawrence Halprin, the master plan, to be executed with some $15 million in public and private contributions, would turn the city's labyrinthine back alleys into pedestrian greenways or community plazas, vacant lots into vest-pocket parks, and dreary asphalt into brick or patterned pavement. Like Lady Bird, who is now on the list for the first time, Washington ought to become one of the ten best dressed in the world...
...Cambridge Corporation will go before the Financial Committee of the Cambridge City Council today with plans for a $6 million low and middle income housing project on a vacant lot in N.W. Cambridge...
...college that has grown from vacant lot to excellence in just six years last week won full accreditation. At the earliest opportunity that its rules permit, the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools accredited Florida Presbyterian College, a school that has not only set bright students to working with bright professors in new ways but has also embellished the concept of the church-connected school...